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November 27, 2008BMC Medical Research MethodologyOpen Access

Undue reliance on I2 in assessing heterogeneity may mislead

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GRGerta RückerUniversity Medical Center FreiburgGSGuido SchwarzerUniversity of FreiburgJCJames R. CarpenterLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d570cc75589c71d767df53https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-8-79
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